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The FBI in Boston announced Monday that two Iranian men are under arrest, following accusations of export violations and providing material support to Iran.Boston FBI announce arrest of two Iranians in connection with fatal drone strike | 3:20WCVB Channel 5 Boston | 293K subscribers | 5,772 views | December 16, 2024

A videographer who was fired from his job working on WCVB's "Chronicle" show in 2021 for refusing Covid-19 shots has sued the station and the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance for his firing in November, 2021 and denial of unemployment benefits, saying the station refused his legitimate request for a religious exemption and that the state is also discriminating against him by refusing to pay him unemployment. In his suit, filed in US District Court, George Rodrigue II says the station could have easily kept him on because he only rarely engaged in close human contact on the job -...

WCVB-TV executives have banned swearing in the newsroom after the "f-bomb" made it into one of their Friday newscasts. The station broke in to carry a live press conference on University of Vermont student Michelle Gardner-Quinn, whose body had been found 15 miles from campus. After the press conference, the station replayed an edited portion of it during its 5 p.m. newscast. During that segment, as the Burlington, Vt., police chief spoke, a WCVB producer could be heard shouting the "F" word in the background. The Herald obtained and reviewed a copy of the segment. Sources say news executives fired...